Broad River Plant

Plant in Cherokee county in South Carolina, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275240
MRDS ID WO22372
MAS/MILS ID 0450219001
Record type Site
Current site name Broad River Plant
Alternate or previous names Broad River Brick Company, Div Boren Clay Products Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -81.49093, 35.11181 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cherokee(county)

South Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Broad(hydrologic unit)

Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States South Carolina Cherokee

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -81.49093, 35.11181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boren Clay Products Co.
    ID 3800206
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 6/3/81

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81

  • Deposit

    # PLANT PROCESSES MANGANESE ORE

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MINE, SEQ. NO. 0450210007

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/22/1985
MSHA mine ID3800206
Mine name (MSHA)Manganese
Current operatorBoren Clay Products
Current controller (parent)Boren Clay Products Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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